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ELLE's Creative Director, Joe Zee, spent two days in Paris dressing Victoria Beckham (and dodging paparazzi) for the January cover story. Here, he shares the details behind a day in life of one of the most watched women in the world.

Victoria was in Paris for our cover shoot and to attend the Louis Vuitton and Chanel runway shows. We were set up at the Ritz hotel—here, she was getting her makeup done by Fulvia Farolfi while her son Cruz was running around.

VICTORIA BECKHAM COVER SHOOT

VICTORIA BECKHAM COVER SHOOT

We're at the top of the Ferris wheel, with Gilles Bensimon riding in the car with Victoria and taking our pictures, while the paparazzi were swarming below, waiting to get their own pictures when she got off. It was the once place in Paris they couldn't get to!